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What Substack's terms say

C privacy grade · substack.com · News & reference

Substack's terms of service and privacy policy have 16 rated points: 1 serious, 3 bad, 5 worth knowing and 7 good. 10 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 6 only once you have an account.

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Signed in or not

Whenever you use Substack

Bad 2

  • You are forced into binding arbitration in case of disputes

  • Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent to changes of terms merely from your usage

    Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent to changes of terms merely from your usage.

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Worth knowing 3

  • Blocking first-party cookies may limit your ability to use the service

    Blocking first party cookies may limit your ability to use the service

  • There is a date of the last update of the agreements

  • Defend, indemnify, hold harmless; survives termination

Good 5

  • The service claims to be CCPA compliant for California users

  • A list of all cookies used by the service is provided

    A list of all cookies set by the website is provided

  • The service claims to be GDPR compliant for European users

  • A free help desk is provided

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  • A complaint mechanism is provided for the handling of personal data

With an account

If you have a Substack account

Serious 1

  • Specific content can be deleted without reason and may be removed without prior notice

Bad 1

  • Your content can be licensed to third parties

Worth knowing 2

  • You cannot delete your contributions, but it makes sense for this service

  • This service is only available to users over a certain age

    This service is only available to users over 16 years old

Good 2

  • You can opt out of receiving promotional communications

    You can opt out of promotional communications

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  • The service has non-exclusive use of your content

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Ratings by ToS;DR volunteers; they can lag behind the current terms. Not legal advice.